WebThe Duwamish (Lushootseed: Dxʷdəwʔabš, [txʷtəwʔɑbʃ]) are a Lushootseed-speaking Native American tribe in western Washington, and the indigenous people of metropolitan Seattle, where they have been living since the end of the last glacial period (c. 8000 BCE, 10,000 years ago). The Duwamish Tribe descends from at least two distinct groups from …

WebChief Seattle (c. 1786 – June 7, 1866) was a Suquamish and Duwamish chief. A leading figure among his people, he pursued a path of accommodation to white settlers, forming a personal relationship with "Doc" Maynard.The city of Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington, was named after him.A widely publicized speech arguing in favour of …

WebLake City is the northeast region of Seattle, centered along Lake City Way NE (), 7–8 miles (11–13 km) northeast of Downtown Seattle.A broader definition of the Lake City area includes all the land between 15th Avenue NE and Lake Washington, and between NE 95th and 98th streets to the Seattle city limits at NE 145th Street. Lake City encompasses …

WebBelle of Louisville is a steamboat owned and operated by the city of Louisville, Kentucky, and moored at its downtown wharf next to the Riverfront Plaza/Belvedere during its annual operational period. The steamboat claims itself the "most widely traveled river steamboat in American history." Belle of Louisville ' s offices are aboard Mayor Andrew Broaddus, …

WebLake Washington is a large freshwater lake adjacent to the city of Seattle. It is the largest lake in King County and the second largest natural lake in the state of Washington, after Lake Chelan.It borders the cities of Seattle on the west, Bellevue and Kirkland on the east, Renton on the south and Kenmore on the north, and encloses Mercer Island.The lake is …

WebIn 1917, the company moved its operations to Boeing's Duwamish boatworks, which became Boeing Plant 1.The Boeing Airplane Company's first engineer was Wong Tsu, a Chinese graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology hired by Boeing in May 1916. He designed the Boeing Model 2, which was Boeing's first financial success. On …

WebThe 2001 Nisqually earthquake occurred at 10:54:32 local time on February 28, 2001 and lasted nearly a minute. The intraslab earthquake had a moment magnitude of 6.8 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe).The epicenter was in the southern Puget Sound, northeast of Olympia, but the shock was felt in Oregon, British Columbia, eastern …

WebPuget Sound (/ ˈ p juː dʒ ɪ t / PEW-jit) is a sound of the Pacific Northwest, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, and part of the Salish Sea.It is located along the northwestern coast of the U.S. state of Washington.It is a complex estuarine system of interconnected marine waterways and basins, with one major and two minor connections to the open Pacific …

WebSeattle (/ s i ˈ æ t əl / see-AT-əl) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States.It is the seat of King County, Washington.With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The Seattle metropolitan area's population is 4.02 million, making it the 15th-largest in the …

WebPrior to the arrival of European settlers in the Puget Sound area, the largest building in the Salish Sea region was Old Man House, a longhouse roughly 13.5 miles (21.7 km) northwest of Downtown Seattle near the present-day town of Suquamish.Measuring roughly 800 feet (240 m) in length, it was the largest longhouse ever known and remained the largest …